WIT a Re =H + Director Seats po for aBerge stated that outgoing mem- . Jo Head Board Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY—FOURTEEN PAGES Mrs. Ann Vernon Is First Woman I ritzges, Lefko Bnd LaBerge Take With a pledge of dedication to the continuation of good education in the Back Mountain area, Mrs. Ann Vernon became the first wom- an to head any school board in this region. | The new board chairman was the unanimous choice of her fellow di- rectors. Mrs. Vernon represents Kingston Township. Also named to a top post was Mrs. Louise Stein- hauer, Franklin Township, elected vice president. | 1 : ; Three new directors, Earl Fritzges, John LaBerge and Harry Lefko were given the oath of office by Mrs. Steinhauer, serving as presi- dent pro tem. They will replace Jack Stanley, retiring chairman, | who was unable to attend the meet- ing, Earl Philos, and Walter Phil- lips. Wives and children of the new directors were present to witness | induction ceremonies, another . in- ] board members. Mr. bers, had been subjected to some | oa times but had performed a b well done and that he hoped | perpetuate their work. His senti- | ments were expressly in accord with those voiced by Lefko and Fritzges. Earl Fritzges was named! to the School Board Council as represent- | ative from Dallas, J. LaBerge as | representative to the Wyoming | Valley Technical Institute Board, | with Andrew Kozemchak as alter- | nate. Mr. Lefko was appointed to serve as delegate to the Back Moun- | tain Memorial Library Board. The replacement for Fred Eck as a member of the Dallas School Authority was tabled until next | meeting. Dr. Mellman said he was sorry to see the old board members, leave, that it had been enjoyable | working with them. He further: added, “Our direction is sound and I appreciate what the board has done. I am looking forward to an- | er pleasant association with ‘the | incoming menshers. Mrs. Vernon also thanked the’ retiring members and expressed her thanks to Mrs. Stahl, secretary, for all the work she has done. Earl! Phillips, in closing, remarked, “One ‘cannot walk away from this job | -r on one leg out to Dallas am- ome Tuesday afternoon, AModged in the other. i without thinking about it. Success : to the new members and best | wishes. We are all geared to the | end product, the best education | possible within our ability to pay.” A social hour followed. , Fast Draw Draws Blood —Own Leg A foiled fast-draw artist hop- ulance from his mother-in-law's a bullet Persuaded to lie down by the attendants, he was taken to Nesbitt Hospital at 2:15 p.m., where the bullet was removed. He had fashion- ed his own tourniquet and tighten- ed it with a butter knife. Waiting for his mother-in-law, Mrs. David Pugh, William Street, (adjacent to the high school), Jos- | eph Olivieri, 22, of 108 N. Gates | Street, Kingston, strapped on his Colt Frontier .22, and went out in the back yard for a little fast-draw target practice. The gun went off | in the holster and the bullet travel- ed down his leg into the calf. | medal at Forbes AFB, Kan., Development Top brass. of U.G.I, Wyoming Valley : Chamber of Commerce, and architectural firm Lacy, Aatherton | and Davis, met. Wednesday morning | in front of the Linear Plant to get their bearing from a contour. map, MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Inspect Tract In Dallas Township For Potential Industrial Usage In The Wind U.G.I. Edward Poggi and Oscar Snell look on. : ; Back Mountain Brea Ambulance Logbook before pulling” on hedvy boots and | inspecting the 58 acre tract adja-| cent, which has been owned by the Industrial Development ' Fond since: 1958. Holding the map are Jim. Lacy, | architect; Edgar Lashford, Chamber of Commerce; and Dick Demmy, Dallas Officer Is Awarded DFC TOPEKA, Kan. — A Dallas of- | ficer has been awarded the Dis- | tinguished Flying Cross by the Air | Rorce. Captain Robert C. Winters, son | C. C. Winters, of | of Mr. and Mrs. 95 = Claude Street, received the for his ‘achievement during flights of inter- national significance. The captain, an electrical war- fare officer, was cited for display- | ing outstanding courage and skill in accomplishing his missions under extraordinary flight conditions. : Captain Winters is a ‘member. of | the Strategic Air Command, Amer- | ica’s ‘long-range nuclear bomber and missile force. The Dallas Township High School graduate was commissioned through the aviation cadet program. Razing Building To Facilitate Parking Workmen this week were in the process of demolishing a large stor- age shed on Lake Street to allow more parking for Commonwealth Telephone Company.. Frame building, 46 by 42 feet behind the old Devens home, was included in an extensive real estate | tract bought by the utility and in- cluding the Himmler Theater. ~ Another frame storage building and the home remain for the life of ‘the present tenant. District Manager of Common- wealth Telephone Company, R. E. Koeb says the added area will also ! give access to present parking facil- | ity along the former Lehigh Valley railroad bed. Devens Milling Company had leased a part of the demolished building to Boyd White for furni- | ture storage, and the latter is now storing in | the theater building under lease from the telephone company. Sordoni Construction Company | subcontracted the demolition to’ Dale Parry. Dallas Community . | Dallas ambulance took Mrs: Vin- cent "Murphy, 23 Norton Avenue, {to Mercy Hospital ‘on "Saturday, Jim Davies and Gil Morris attend- ling: [ Covering for ambulance, on i call, Dallas took | Edith Daubert, 230° Cliffside Ave- | nue, Trucksville, to General .Hos- | pital on Monday, Leighton Scott, | Lynn Sheehan, and Bob Besecker | as crew. Harriet: Gensel, Lower Demunds | Road, was taken from Nesbitt to | General Hospital, Tuesday, Sheehan | and Bob Cartier as crew. | Joseph Olivieri, Kingston, was | taken from Pugh home, William Street, Tuesday, Scott and Dayies attending. Joseph Marsh, Wellington Ave- | nue, was taken to General’ Tues- day, Scott and Davies as crew. Dallas ambulance, filling for Kingston Township, brought Mrs. { Alex Dampf, Mt. Airy Road, from Eastwood Convalescent Home, Eas- ton, to Carpenter Convalescent Home, Idetown, yesterday, Lynn Sheehan and Carl Miers attending. Franklin-Northmoreland Franklin "= Northmoreland am- bulance took Mrs. John Roberts from Russell Race’s home to Gen- eral Hospital Tuesday night, Clar- ence Schoonover and Bob Phillips attending. Lake Township Lake ambulance brought William Rittenhouse home ‘from General Hospital to Noxen Road, John | Stenger and Jim McCaffrey attend- ing. Kingston Township | On Thursday night, Harold Smith | and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn. Johnson, | accident victims, were taken ‘to | Nesbitt Hospital, Arnold Yeust and | Andrew Roan attending. Friday evening, Joseph Rother, :N. Pioneer Avenue, was admitted | | to Nesbitt Hospital when he became ill in Dr. Crompton’s office, Marvin Yeust and Willard Bullock as crew. Mrs. George Mortimer, Holly! pital on Saturday, Bullock and Har- old Jeffrey in attendance. On Wednesday morning, William Davis, Elizabeth Street, Dallas, was brought home from Nesbitt Hos- pital, Paul Daily and William Brad- bury as crew. The same morning Richard Ash, Roushey Street, was admitted to General Hospital, | Sickler, Lewis Avenue, was return- ed home from Nesbitt Hospital, Bradbury and Daily serving on last two trips. Dallas School Board Introduces Newly Elected Directors Dallas School Board members with administrative head and per- sonnel appear in the above picture taken Tuesday evening at a re- . organization meeting held at Dallas " Richardson, Earl Phillips, Senior High School. Seated left to right are L. L. retiring; Mrs. Harriet Stahl, board secretary, Mrs. Ann Vernon, president; Mrs. | Louise Steinhauer, vice president, Dr. Robert’ Mellman, Superinten- dent of Dallas Schools and Walter Phillips, retiring member. Standing, Atty. Jonathan Valen- tine, Harry Lefko, John LaBerge, Earl Fritzges, incoming members and Andrew Kozemchak. Former board president, Jack Stanley, was absent When the de: ture was taken. Certificates of election were read by Mrs. Louise Steinhauer, acting Kingston Township’ Street, was taken to Nesbitt Hos- and Mrs. Freda | | visors meeting on Tuesday night, (and was left in some doubt. 58 Acres Purchased In 1958 Available _ According to a recent report from | Wyoming Valley Industrial Fund, bolstered by active interest from U.G.I -officials and the architectural firm of Lacy Atherton and Davis, the potential of a 58 acre tract in Dallas Township is being considered. It is large enough, mation of ‘these organizations, accommodate two large industries of “ high’ calibre, or sized industries and four smaller | Jail, capacity for two, is in the | ones. | cellar of the Daniel C. Roberts fire | The tract, adjacent to Linear | hall, Harveys Lake. plant holdings, bounded by the It was reported at the Board Kenneth Rice property and by De- of Supervisors meeting Saturday munds Road, was acquired in 1958 for future development. Lehigh Valley tracks, once con- sidered by the Industrial Fund as a possible siding for an industry, | have been removed, but as Edgar | Lashford, Chamber of Commerce executive, pointed out, most indus- tries prefer. truck ‘service as being Swifter tend more elastic in sched- said = that the last prisoner was | uling.”. from Lehman Township, arrested “Mr. Lashtord. “Richard Demmy, | there for drunkenness, last year. manager of UGI, and James Lacy, met with ‘Edward Poggi and Oscar in the esti- | to two moderate ! | vay toward easing the financial | 18. Doors, says Paul Shaver, chair- | | | | THE DALLAS POST Legion Plans Xmas Party For Children Daddow Isaacs American Legion | Post will stage the annual Christ- | both stated that a high-class indus- | mas Party for children up to the | trial development would go a long | age of twelve, Saturday, December Telephone Numbers 674-5656 AEE SRR 674-7676 VOL. 76, NO. 49. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965 | ‘Willard Sutton Reelected To Head Lake- Lehman District School Board Dean Shaver Again Is Vice President | tax burden in the gen in the Back Mountain. | man, will open at 2, with a program | Lake's Jail | Jail May Shut For Disuse in the Back Mountain may be clos- | ed soon for reasons of health men- ace and little use. morning that the toilets are flush- | ing in backflow, | use. State Board of Prisons | as it exists. Police Chief Walbridge Leinthall Lake Township jail, the only one | and the upkeep | generally is not warranted by the inspects the jail twice a year, and it must | | be kept up to standards as long He also said that any prisoners could be taken. to the county jail, Snell Wednesday morning in the | and. that there was very little a Linear. parking’ lot ‘to ‘consult’ the | person could be jailed summarily contour, map before heavy ‘boots and ‘tramping through the fields and up the slope after splashing through Toby's Creek. No present road reaches the property, but -it is easily accessible. The land is astonishingly free of | brush; and with very little swampy | area. ‘A survey showed that a bull- | dozer - could level whatever . land | was required. Mr. Demmy pointed out that | heavy duty wire service was avail able ‘on the spot. Water supply would require ‘drilled wells for each industry. Sewage treatment plants | would be necessary. Mr. Lashford and Mr. Demmy pulling on | for, in any case. f Auditor and Officer? | Supervisor Sharon Whitesell ask- ed if it were legal for Fred Merrill | Jr., special police officer, to hold i that appointed office in addition to his recently elected position as auditor ? No one was sure. Secretary read a provision from the township code { which said: ‘No auditor shall at the same time hold any other elec- [ tive office.” Merrill said he did {not think that the exclusion ex- tended to special officers. Tax Collector Calvin McHose gave | an extensive report, which included | 340 abatements because of county | reassessment discrepancies. Lake Gets New Police Cruiser Lake Township received its new police cruiser last weekend, a 1966 Plymouth sedan with special engine and ‘equipment. Car replaces the 1960 Plymouth, which ‘saw: rugged service. Police Chief Walbridge Leinthall, Board Queried On Day Police Reliefers Possible For Township Job Question of just how many police- | men Jackson Township has was brought up at the Board of Super- left, receives the keys from Sharon | Whitesell, president of the Board of Supervisors. to right, supervisors Edward Crake is John Stenger, secretary. Shavertown Firemen Plan Big Xmas Party Annual Christmas Party given by Shavertown Fire Company for chil- dren of the area is set for Satur- day, December 18 at 2 p.m. at Shavertown Fire Hall. Tickets are now being distributed | by the firemen to all children up and including ten years | An adult must accompany the chil- { dren. Behind them, left | 2 i = | { | | and Walter Hoover, and right front {.Sr., | to start at 2:30. There will be door - prizes; | all children will receive candy. | Alfred M. Camp musical director {and band leader at Dallas Junior and | High School, will lead group sing- | ! ing. Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- { pany will break out its red truck as a fitting backdrop for an out- | size > Santa. Claus. | | | | explains to a police officer that blanket in foreground, Grief-stricken, John Chesnovitch (at left), Willard Sutton . was president of Lake-Lehman school | board at Monday night's reorgani- zation meeting, over a strong pro- test on his part. Mr. Sutton has been president of the jointure since resignation of Edgar Lashford, at the time Mr. Lashford left the area briefly be- [iors coming back as executive of | Wyoming Valley Chamber of Com- Tells Of Higluray 1 ragedy Oak Hill Dallas RD 4, Torrence Ruggles, 86, body under suddenly stepped in front of his car and he was unable to avoid hitting him, Tuesday night on Route 309. —Dallas Post Staff Photo Killed Half Mile North On Route ‘Where Mosier Sr. Was Hit In 1941 In a cruel twist of fate, it was only half a mile north on the same road that her husband’s father was killed in 1941 that Mrs. Sheldon Mosier lost her own aged father, Torrence Ruggles, in a traffic ac- t | cident Tuesday night. Mr. Ruggles crossed the highway, | on foot, apparently * suddenly, in | front of a southbound car, driven by John Chesnovitch, Oak Hill, Dal- las RD 4, at 5:20 p.m. On Memorial Day of 1941, shortly after the Tunkhannock Highway was opened to traffic, Melvin Mosier | ducts deliveries in Dallas early evening, was struck by a car while ‘driving his truck northbound toward the family farm. Mr. Ruggles’ daughter said the family has no .idea why he was crossing the road in that manner | {at the time. {so good about the “He's always been road before,” Mrs. Mosier said. Mr. Ruggles lived with the Mosiers. | ing on the highway, he told police, | John Chesnovitch was proceed- | saw Mr. Ruggles at the side of the | road, but had no returning from his dairy pro- | in the | idea that the | fic. Dallas Township Officer John Gor- don investigated first, Deputy Coroner Richard Disque pronounced Mr. Ruggles dead, and Township Police Chief Frank Lange and state police made the complete investiga- tion. Mr. Ruggles was born in Pikes Creek and owned and operated a farm at Pikes Creek most of his life. Township for three terms. He was a member of Maple Grove Meth- odist Church, the Men's Bible Class, was treasurer of the of the church 30 years and was also a member of its official board. Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary December 25, 1950. Mrs. Ruggles, vary 31, 1957. Surviving are Mrs. Mosier, with son, Clifford, Wilmington, five grandchildren and two Wal- | | years; | Del.; great-grandchildren; a brother, ter, Haddonfield, N. J. Funeral will be held Friday morn- reelected | He was tax collector of Lake . | merce. | proved | | i | 1 { | | 1 | the former Daisy Geiger, died Jan- | | vice | was named representative to Wyo- | Other | the incinerator, | duce bulk. Mr. Lashford was in office at the time of ground-breaking for the new High School. Mr. Sutton stepped up to the jointure position from presidency | of the Lake school board. In private life, he is District Sales Manager of American Motors. Re-elected also was Dean Shaver, president. Franklin Patton ming Valley Technical Institute, with Mr. Slimek as alternate. The secretary Miss Eleanor Hum- phrey holds position for four years. positions are voted upon prior to the July meeting, when the fiscal year starts. The session was for reorganiza- tion only, in accordance with State law, but free discussion of the dumping problem brought forth the conclusion that something would have to be worked out. Garbage and trash are burned in tins flattened to re- Don Hoover has a land- fill operation. Lake-Lehman shares with the entire Back Mountain a J | shortage of dumping. space. Dodson On Mend, Foresee Release All Others Are Home But Sweppenheiser Hardest hit by poisoning effect of drinking an antifreeze and water | mixture over Thanksgiving week- = end, John Dodson is making prog- ress at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, to see him come home to Kunkle this weekend if all goes well. Jack was slated for a third treat- ment in the artificial kidney this week, but his condition had so im- that doctors did not, at think it necessary. last report, | long days of non-' After nine | function, the 19-year-old’s own kid- | neys began to work again on Mon- | day. Up until then it was all very touch-and-go. Fred Dodson. his fathey told the Dallas: 2st yester.. day that Jick Lad been tiunsfer- Datias ARGlank was called | red from tite intensive gare. unit to. by a passer-by but was not used. | a semi-private room, “progress for which the family is, as Fred says, “so pleased.” Paul Fiske Jr., 17, Davenport Street, is home from Geisinger, as of Sunday. He says he feels “good” and hopes to be back at school next week. Donald Sweppenheiser, 16, Kunkle, is still in General Hospital and undergoing tests. His brother Harry, 18, came home last week. Patricia Carr, 17, of Kingston, has returned home from Nesbitt Hos- pital. Extra Halloween Dallas Township police have been investigating a rash of vandal- ism termed ‘another Halloween,” | recently. | | Included are shot-out windows whom he resided for the last two | at the High School and various vandalism at four different housing | developments. Culprits have apparently restrict- ed their work to Dallas Township. Windows were also broken at man was going to come out in |ing at 11 from the funeral home, | Applewood Manor, on upper De- front of him suddenly. Location | Main Road, Sweet Valley. Rev. !munds Road, and at Orchardview was in front of the Mosier farm, | Robert Sheehan of Dallas Methodist | Terrace on Rice's hill. At College north of Gordon's gas station and | Church and Rev. William Rosser, | Manor vandals ripped electrical of age. Last year Shavertown Fire Com- | It was observed that calls could | continue to be made to Roland Gen- | Hany entertained over 400 children sel in his status as a constable, and, | who came to see Santa and re- | south of the Chestnut Ridge. was dark at the time. It on thes scene first and directed traf-' Borough officer Clifford Foss was | lof Maple Grove Methodist Church, | | will officiate. Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call tonight, z 10 9,” | of course, tinue to be made to Chief of Police | night calls would con- Robert Cooper. Gensel, resigned as Assistant Chief in Jackson Township as of Funds for the big Christmas af- | the first of last month, is not oblig- ed or might not be interested in accepting calls directly from Chief Cooper for an assist under the township name, chief. they did not know if he would be willing to. come out. However, he. is still a constable, which is a peacekeeping post, and present law has it that only a con- stable and not a township police- man can actually serve a warrant. Cooper also told the resident who'! raised the question that the town- ship could get special policemen to help on serious calls, but that | no one in the township seemed in- terested in police work. Help From Reliefers? Prospect was raised of getting a person on relief, or DPA, to serve a few hours a day keeping the fire- hall, which is also the municipal meeting place, in order. Secretary will check over the rolls of those i in the township on public assist- ance to see if there are any likely possibilities. The police chief also disclosed that * 10-wheel ' coal trucks are chairman protem for the meeting. breaking the law in traveling over 5 according to the The Board also said that] | ceived gifts. the firemen distributed stockings to the children’s wards of local hos- ! pitals. | fair are earned by the Fire Com- pany during the year. No coin card money is used for such proj- ects. Ted Woolbert is general chair- man of the event and is being as- | | sisted by Joseph Youngblood and Lauren Dymond. On Thursday and Friday nights, December 16 and 17, the firemen will prepare for the party. All members will serve as work teams. | township roads, “and that he is | having difficulty catching the of- | fenders. Trucks operate during the | day while the chief is employed in the Valley. Secretary read ‘a letter from the ‘federal Office of Economic Oppor- tunity (anti-poverty) describing of- ferings of job training and subsidy. Some local municipalities are taking advantage of the “Neighborhood Youth Corps” ( which provides jobs and on-the- job training at up to $1.25 an hour, open to township roadwork too, cost of which the federal govern- ment undertakes to 90 per cent, township 10 per cent. That same evening, | and educational | Two cars collided at the Y inter- ‘section of Memorial Highway and | Route 415, and Pauline L. Kelly, Route 309, below Orchard Farm | Orchard Street, was emerging from Forty Fort, Restaurant, at 6:20 pm, on Satur- | the Tunkhannock Highway. Dam- day. age was to the right front of Frank Fonzo, 499 River Street, was northbound on | Two_ Collide At Route 309 Intersection wiring out of new homes under Interment will be in | construction and threw eggs at a | house in Haddonfield Hills on Coun- { try Club Road. of the Kelly car. Mrs. Kelly was taken to Dr. Mokychic’s office for treatment of injury. Dallas ambulance, in photo, | was called but not used. Fonzo's car and to the left front | and doctors would like
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